At 12:19 PM 2/19/00 -0500, Lizard wrote: >Well, that's it in a nutshell. Phil thinks people are basically good, >so as long as government is 'democratic' (and thus reflects the will >of the 'good' majority) it can have untrammeled power. I believe >people are basically scum, and thus can't be trusted with power. This is why the US is nominally a constitutional republic and not a democracy. A democracy is simply mob rule. A constitution nominally protects the minority's rights despite democracy.
